Matches You Didn't Think Existed

[Valeyard]

Why does the mere act of putting on gloves make Severn look like a fucking killer?

 

[Valeyard]

I miss Inoki.

 

[Valeyard]

Now that's what's up.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Bret actually talked in his book about Mark Rocco and the Hulkster became really good friends during those Japanese tours. When WWF had their first UK only TV event in ‘89, Rollerball worked a dark match and tried to buddy up to Hogan and Hulk barely remembered him.

 

[Valeyard]

That's very Hogan. Rocco would've been a great presence...anywhere at any time, really. Unheraled legend.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Iceman King Parsons and the third gen Von Erichs Vs Tatanka, Kid Kash, and some other guy from a disproportionally huge college football stadium.


I wonder if Iceman King Parsons is the last WCCW alum to wrestle a match?

 

[BruiserBrody]

Technically - Lawler and If I think hard there's probably an actual good answer.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Oh god. How could I forget this WCCW alum?

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Idk Koko and Owen teamed pre High Energy.

 

[Valeyard]

They could've been a legendary face team in a different time. Five years in either direction, they're icons of an era.

 

[BruiserBrody]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1746763536926212572

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

It feels like Papa Shango is a gimmick that they should have worked out the kinks of in Memphis before going to WWF TV and not the other way around.

Before I get @BruiserBrodysplained, I will point out that this is Charles Wright’s second USWA World title run. I want to say he might have been a Zeus knockoff that murked Lawler in the first one.

 

[Valeyard]

I love Shango. Would've been money in Florida with Dusty.

 

[BruiserBrody]

NWA @ Hampton, VA – Coliseum – February 10, 1989
Abdullah the Butcher & NWA Tag Team Champions the Road Warriors vs. Mike Rotunda, NWA US Tag Team Champions Kevin Sullivan & Steve Williams

I guess this is all heel as Abby is hanging out with Gary Hart at TV.

Abby would quit a few weeks later after WCW ordered him to skip his Japan tour and work the Clash.

 

[alkeiper]

Checking the Observer, Abby and the Warriors were supposed to team a few weeks before Abby turned on them. The Road Warriors did not like it so they ended up short-circuiting the angle. In Philly they changed the match claiming a backstage disagreement and in Raleigh Abby walked out with Gary Hart after two minutes.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

 

[BruiserBrody]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1752165990354358662

How do you make something more unwatchable than a Kevin Dunn production?

 

[Valeyard]

I think that was like 1988 or something too so it's even funnier.

 

[BruiserBrody]

Ummmm

 

[BruiserBrody]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1755250061498269861

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

 

[BruiserBrody]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1759274596010766776

 

[Valeyard]

Funny but they should also be hunchbacks! So they don't get pinned!

 

[AA484]

Paging @BruiserBrody

 

[BruiserBrody]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1760111647497064807

I'm curious if I dug back into the Apters if Mae Young's name would pop up often. I remember the Penny Banner, June Beyers, Vivian Vachon name drops...but from what I can recall I didn't know of Mae until she showed up on RAW with Moolah

 

[Sex Machine Gun]

Was this the WWF's Memphis developmental, pre-OVW? From the thumbnail I expected something from the late 80s/early 90s but it appears to be The Kat/Miss Kitty/Stacey Carter in the ring waiting to fight her.

 

[Valeyard]

I knew Mae from the A&E wrestling doc.

My favorite heel move can't really be done anymore since technology changed, but the "pretending to sign a kids autograph, smirking, and tearing the autograph book in half" is some good stuff. Last great heel move I remember seeing as it happened was Flair ripping off a kid's Hurricane mask and stomping in it in front of him.

 

[Hawk 34]

Is the equivalent just deleting a selfie now?

 

[Valeyard]

Give me a heel who can stop and take a picture with a young fan and have the balls to grab their phone and throw it across the arena.

 

[Hawk 34]

Still pisses me off that not a single heel has crashed one of the make a wish events to maul the hero face in a hospital cafeteria.